LED Streetlight Consulting Services

The City of Pittsburgh issued Request for Proposal #2022-RFP-082 for LED Streetlight Consulting Services, with proposals due by May 2, 2022, at 3:00 pm and contract award targeted for May 2022. This procurement seeks a contractor to manage the comprehensive conversion of approximately 35,000 existing High Pressure Sodium (HPS) cobra head streetlights and 4,400 existing LED lights to energy-efficient LED luminaires within a three-year implementation period beginning in 2022. Key deliverables include conducting an existing conditions survey, developing a conversion plan, creating construction-ready bid documents, and potentially installing between 3,000 and 15,000 new LED lights in under-lit neighborhoods to advance streetlight equity across the city. The project objectives encompass reducing energy consumption and annual streetlight costs, advancing equity through phased neighborhood implementation, increasing public awareness, and adhering to Dark Sky lighting principles to minimize energy usage and light pollution. The City intends to pursue a city-financed purchase and installation solution that retains municipal streetlight ownership, with proposers permitted to offer optional financing plans. Evaluation criteria include contractor qualifications, project approach, and cost, with a maximum possible score of 100 points, and proposers must demonstrate experience managing large-scale infrastructure projects while addressing the technical complexity of converting 39,400 existing lights across the city's street network.

The City of Pittsburgh has established specific minority and women business enterprise (M/WBE) and veteran-owned small business (VOSB) participation goals requiring 18% minority-owned, 7% women-owned, and 5% veteran-owned business involvement, with bidders required to complete Good Faith Effort Checklists and EORC Participation Statements demonstrating reasonable efforts to include M/WBE and VOSB subcontractors. The procurement is supported by comprehensive municipal infrastructure data, including a complete streetlight inventory conducted in 2020 by Cyclomedia containing approximately 39,400 lights with detailed specifications on bulb types, fixture types, wattage, pole types, and spatial coordinates maintained in the city's Cartegraph asset management system. Integration requirements include coordination with Duquesne Light Company, the local utility provider for street lighting services, whose current rate schedules and billing structures (reflected in monthly bills ranging from approximately $450,000 to $845,000) must be considered in the conversion planning and financial analysis. The project documentation includes technical specifications such as standard pole drawings (30-foot mounting height poles utilizing 6061-T6 aluminum alloy) and a preliminary streetlight equity analysis identifying neighborhoods with coverage ranging from 70% to 97% lit, with recommendations for targeted installation of approximately 2,900 additional lights and 1,600 poles to achieve equitable citywide coverage. While specific award values or budget ranges are not explicitly stated in the available documentation, the scope and complexity of converting 39,400 streetlights across the city suggests a substantial contract value, with supporting documentation indicating current annual streetlight electricity costs exceeding $800,000 and estimated needs for significant capital investment in new luminaires and poles.